| 561 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 658 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 628 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 698 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2530 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 633 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 669 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 597 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 389 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 391 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1127 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1170 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 394 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 251 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 298 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 148 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 17245 | Morohashi |
| 336 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3102 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 146 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 157 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 679 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N2
663 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
- 川 【カワ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 星河 【セイガ】 Milky Way
- 暴虎馮河 【ボウコヒョウガ】 foolhardy courage
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 河 【ホー】 discarded tiles, discards
- 追河 【おいかわ】 pale chub (Zacco platypus), freshwater minnow
- 恋河 【こいかわ】 oceans of love
Readings
- Japanese names:
- かっ、 こ、 こう
- Korean:
- ha
Spanish
- río
- corriente
Portuguese
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
| 349 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a5.30 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-5 | SKIP code |
| 3112.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-18-47 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6cb3 | Unicode hex code |
川
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
181 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 川柳 【センリュウ】 senryū, comic haiku, humorous seventeen-mora poem
- 川きゅう 【センキュウ】 cnidium rhizome (Cnidium officinale)
- 山川 【サンセン】 mountains and rivers
- 四川 【シセン】 Sichuan (China), Szechuan, Szechwan
Kun reading compounds
- 川 【かわ】 river, stream, River, the ... river
- 川上 【かわかみ】 upper reaches of a river, upstream
- 堀川 【ほりかわ】 canal
- 山川 【さんせん】 mountains and rivers
Readings
- Japanese names:
- か、 こ、 さわ
- Korean:
- cheon
Spanish
- arroyo
- río
Portuguese
- corrente
- rio
French
- rivière
- fleuve
- radical rivière (no. 47)
| 39 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 59 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 48 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 111 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1447 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 41 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 49 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 20 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.10 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 33 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 101 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 548 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 6 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 129 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 8673 | Morohashi |
| 6 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1526 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 127 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 134 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 196 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 21 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1254 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a3.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-1-2 | SKIP code |
| 2200.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5ddd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1212 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 敷設 【フセツ】 laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.), construction
- 敷衍 【フエン】 expatiation, enlargement (e.g. on a point), elaboration, amplification, clear explanation, paraphrasing
Kun reading compounds
- 敷く 【しく】 to spread out, to lay out, to cover, to lay (e.g. railway tracks), to sit on, to take a position, to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- しき、 にゅう
- Korean:
- bu
Spanish
- extender
- tender una vía
- pavimentar
Portuguese
- espalhar
- pavimentar
- assentar
- promulgar
French
- étaler
- paver
- s'asseoir
- promulguer
| 1756 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1053 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2059 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1039 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1392 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2355 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1451 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1544 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 724 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 947 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2345 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1207 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1653 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1901 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13359P | Morohashi |
| 1870 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2357 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1883 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2028 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1772 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1566 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4i11.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-11-4 | SKIP code |
| 5824.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-41-63 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6577 | Unicode hex code |